Zephyrosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0268Cloverly Fm., Montana

Zephyrosaurus

DV-0268

Lived
113 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 1.8 m (6 ft)
Group
Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
Found in
United States
Named by
Sues 1980

Field notes

About Zephyrosaurus

Zephyrosaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zephyrosaurus, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Cloverly Formation. It was named by Sues in 1980.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

105 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Zephyrosaurus?

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Zephyrosaurus: about 1.8 m (6 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early ornithischian shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Thescelosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H.-D. Sues. 1980. Anatomy and relationships of a new hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 169(1-3):51-72